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SB 1960 — State Judicial System
by Budget Committee
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Prepared by: Budget Committee (BC)
This bill makes the following changes:
• Amends statutes to refine the qualifications of the Regional Conflict Counsel and provide for a more efficient Regional Counsel selection and appointment process.
• Makes real property record and motor vehicle record searches optional when clerks review applications of persons applying for indigency status.
• Permits a judicial circuit to create a limited registry of court-appointed attorneys willing to waive compensation above the flat fees to handle conflict cases.
• Requires the state court system to pay court-appointed attorney fees ordered by the court above the flat fees established in law, once the funds appropriated for that purpose have been spent.
• Allows guardian ad litem volunteers to transport clients.
• Allows for the supervision and oversight of county funded employees by the guardian ad litem program.
• Requires the Clerk of Court Operations Corporation to collect and submit to the Legislature a quarterly report from the clerks of court on a local surcharge on traffic infractions.
If approved by the Governor, these provisions take effect July 1, 2012.
Vote: Senate 40-0; House 115-0